I have been researching mod_perl and how to migrate my older perl scripts to it. What I have found are a couple of things:

1. Always use strict; and turn on warnings -- This will show you if a var will fall out of scope
2. Always pass any variables to a sub -- This will make sure none of them become global.
3. Creating a .pm file with your functions will allow Apache to handle them better.
4. Instead of use CGI; do a require CGI; -- This is supposed to destroy any "Global" variables created or use by CGI
5. Turn off KeepAlive -- (Unless you need it like me :(
6. Apache::DBI is great!


--BigJoe

Learn patience, you must.
Young PerlMonk, craves Not these things.
Use the source Luke.

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In reply to Re: mod_perl with Apache::Registry with CGI.pm design considerations by BigJoe
in thread mod_perl with Apache::Registry with CGI.pm design considerations by hacker

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